ANALYSIS OF A DRIVING CYCLE PROPOSED FOR BRASOV CITY

Abstract

A driving cycle is a standardised driving pattern, described by means of a velocity-time table. The typical driving profile comprises accelerations, decelerations and stops and it is simulated by software or on a laboratory chassis dynamometer. The European Driving Cycle is the common reference in Europe, but this cycle could not describe satisfactorily the driving characteristics in every urban area. In this paper is proposed a new driving cycle for Brasov city, based on real data collected using instrumented vehicles. The proposed cycle is a transitory one and it is compared with other known urban driving cycles, as global parameters. The pollutants emissions of a reference car, driving the proposed cycle and the European Urban Driving Cycle, were also compared.